Peter Andre has opened up on his sheer fear after son Theo, aged one, was hospitalised last year

The parents are looking forward to a much happier, healthier Christmas with the one-year-old fighting fit and ready to celebrate with three-year-old sister Millie as well as Junior and Princess Price, Peter's children with former glamour model Katie.

Yet Emily, who works as a doctor, candidly revealed she had only recently felt comfortable discussing his terrifying illness.

She told OK! Magazine: "He (Theo) was struggling a bit with his breathing so needed oxygen in hospital.

"It was tough for me to speak about at the time but now he's a chubby cherub and is right as rain, I feel fine to talk about it.

After revealing Theo had spent time in an oxygen chamber as the Christmas build up ramped up around him, she added of this year's celebrations: "I'm really looking forward to it as last year Theo was so miserable and he wasn't well at all."

The youngster's ordeal saw his weight drop from 6lb 10oz to 5lb 7oz in just three days.

His battled his own road to recovery with the help of oxygen therapy, a regular method of recovery, with both parents gushing he is "great".